QOTD: "A Colorado insider said Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper has done “everything you could possibly do wrong” in his campaign against his Republican challenger Bob Beauprez, MSNBC’s Kasie Hunt reported.

“He’s angered some Democrats over gun control; he’s also gotten into some trouble over the death penalty,” Hunt said. “He’s given a reprieve to a criminal out there, that’s gotten a lot of negative attention from Republicans.”

Hickenlooper and Beauprez squared off in a televised debate Wednesday night, during which Hickenlooper defended his reprieve of convicted murderer Nathan Dunlap, who shot and killed four people at an Aurora, Colo., Chuck E. Cheese’s in 1993." --Washington Free Beacon Staff